U.S. v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING, INC.

No. CIV.A. 03-142-A.

276 F.Supp.2d 539 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Virginia, Alexandria Division.

August 14, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig Paul Wittman, Office of the United States Attorney, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Paul J. McNulty, United States Attorney, Eastern Dist. of Virginia, Michael F. Hertz, Alan E. Kleinburd, David Sadoff, J. Chris Larson, Joel D. Hesch, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Div., Commercial Litigation Branch, Fraud Section, Norfolk, VA, for Plaintiffs.

James J. McCullough, Deneen J. Melander, David Scott Gallacher, Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, D.C., for Defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

At issue on summary judgment in this False Claims Act (FCA) case1 is whether Newport News Shipbuilding, Inc. (NNS) violated the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) by misclassifying as Independent Research and Development (IR & D) approximately $74 million that was allegedly spent in connection with the design and construction of double-hulled tankers for commercial customers...

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